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If you want to make life easier on your husband, see him more and reduce his commute to 10 to 25 minutes, then just live in Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Bellevue or Woodinville. All of them surround Redmond itself and all have nice houses/areas/schools etc... I recommend Sammamish. It ranks pretty high in American suburbs ratings.

...Even Kirkland wouldn't be so bad...But I'm with Spike on this one. There are plenty of very nice neighborhoods on the east side within a fairly easy commute from Microsoft. They're all good school districts.
And commuting around here gets really old after a while, sitting in traffic in the rain, in the dark....Nope, no fun at all. Minimize it if possible.All those places Spike mentioned are worthy of consideration. Maybe throw in Newcastle and/or Kirkland, but I wouldn't do any further than that....405 is brutal, especially headed south in the afternoon.

...Even Kirkland wouldn't be so bad...But I'm with Spike on this one. There are plenty of very nice neighborhoods on the east side within a fairly easy commute from Microsoft. They're all good school districts.
And commuting around here gets really old after a while, sitting in traffic in the rain, in the dark....Nope, no fun at all. Minimize it if possible.All those places Spike mentioned are worthy of consideration. Maybe throw in Newcastle and/or Kirkland, but I wouldn't do any further than that....405 is brutal, especially headed south in the afternoon.

Yep I agree. Throw in Kirkland and Newcastle. I'm pretty sure Newcastle was rated one of the best and most affordable suburbs in the country. A bit farther of a commute for your husband but shouldn't be more than 30 mins.

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